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In what currency?
In the currency that I would typically pay for a Springfield firearm.
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In what currency?
Anybody else notice that it was the Browning Hi Power, but it's the FN High Power?
Anybody else notice that it was the Browning Hi Power, but it's the FN High Power?
Anybody else notice that it was the Browning Hi Power, but it's the FN High Power?
I bet there were sticky copyright and trademark issues involving both the guns and names.
Maybe, but if there are, I'm not sure changing it from 'hi' to 'high' is enough to get around them. Anyway, I don't want to derail the thread with intellectual property law discussions.
I've mentioned it a couple of times in this thread. I believe it's a nod to the past, when the GP-35 was called a "High Power" and roll marked "Fabrique Nationale". This isn't a Browning.
My buddy is at SHOT show right now. I called him and asked him to ask FN if the new hi powers can accept original mags. NOPE. You were right. The grip is too long.
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From my leo brother in law
From what I can tell most of the enhancements look good. As I said... compatability probably wont be there and the purists wont like it. Its going to opperate like a Hi-power and have the feel of the original bit be more customize friendly. The "ergo" features of what I think are removable backstraps and beavertails, lefty friendly, simplified locking system etc. make a lot of sense. Magazine design is most likely improved over the not so great Mecgar 15 rounders which will only help reliability.
There have been lots of enhancements over the 1911 through the years that people like so I think the Hi-power lovers will welcome them eventually. FN makes nice firearms... I doubt very much that these wont perform equal to if not better than the originals.
Maybe think of it more as a Hi-power 2.0 than the original.
Problem for them is your average gun owner knows nothing about some Euro company called FN. Combine that with a sticker shock of $1,300 and its an uphill battle. Brand name means a lot..... not to me....but its pretty huge for 99% of potential buyers.
You have to imagine a universe where the industry never went to poly striker glock inspired designs. Like I said ....its an early 90s throwback pistol. Kind of like the new CSX. There is a market there but I dont know if $1,300 combined with the FN brand is realistic. As good as FN is they dont really have a hard core following like Sig or HK. They are more like Steyr in terms of devoted followers.. FN is more about military contracts and I highly doubt this is aimed at that market. So its a strange approach to securing market share. Most likely it will fail unless the custom shops can hype it up enough and start tricking them out. Going to be tough but not impossible.
If someone like Sig dropped this nobody would care about $1,300 MSRP.
They might of tried offering two versions. The steel frame deluxe at $1,300 for the boomers and a polymer frame pistol in the $6-700 range. Similar to what Kahr or BRNO does. That would give the brand more exposure/recognition to the commercial market and not scare away a large bulk of consumers with the high MSRP.
Personally, I prefer Grand Puissance…
I’d like to know what’s different about the lockup before I decide whether this pistol is really a GP35 or just trading on the name.
Well done, sir. Awesome picture
I am willing to bet that they take 509 mags.
I am willing to bet that they take 509 mags.
The Canadians are looking for a new military pistol and are retiring the Inglis BHP. I am not sure the contact spec is out but they might be the last Army on the planet that might consider a SAO gun.
I'm not one to be sure on this but when I looked at 509 mag pics they didn't look like the HP 2.0 mag pics
Seems like everyone and their mothers are going to Poly Strikers but you never know. Maybe they could use these as some sort of dress/parade pistol.
BTW...Was not trying to say Americans are Dumb... I am one. Just that FN has about as much name recognition as Steyr in the US among average gun owners. Both make top notch firearms but they dont have the Brand recognition to most. Could this change things... maybe. CZ was once like this as well as many others. Unlike FN.... CZ priced their CZ75 type pistols competitively and grew the brand before raising up the prices. FN has had some good poly pistols available but they just never really take off.
I hope it does well though.
You are right. They look more like Beretta mags with the cut out. I would bet they are made by Mecgar.
He's at the Glock booth right now. He said he'll ask when he gets back to FN. But he said, "who on earth wants an FN509?" Lol